Transcript Chapter 16

Longenecker/Petty/Palich/Hoy
Small Business
Management, 18e
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Pricing and Credit Decisions
Chapter 16
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Learning Goals:
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Discuss the role of cost and demand factors
in setting a price.
Apply break-even analysis and markup
pricing.
Identify specific pricing strategies.
Explain the benefits of credit, factors that
affect credit extension, and types of credit.
Describe the activities involved in managing
credit.
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Setting a Price
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Price
A specification of what a seller requires in
exchange for transferring ownership or use of
a product or service.
Prices set too low, loss in revenue
Price set too high, loss in revenue
Price and demand are related for many goods and
services
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Setting a Price
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Credit
An agreement between a buyer and a seller
that provides for delayed payment for a
product or service.
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Cost Determination for Pricing
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Total Cost
The sum of cost of goods sold, selling
expenses, and overhead costs.
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Variable Costs
Costs that vary with the quantity produced
or sold.
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Fixed Costs
Costs that remain constant as the quantity
product or sold varies.
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Cost Determination for Pricing
(cont.)
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Average Pricing
An approach in which total cost for a given
period is divided by quantity sold in that
period to set a price.
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16.1
Cost Structure of a Hypothetical Firm, 2013
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16.2
Cost of Structure of a Hypothetical Firm, 2014
Average pricing overlooks the reality of higher
average costs at lower sales levels
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How Customer Demand Affects
Pricing
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Elasticity of Demand
The degree to which a change in price
affects the quantity demanded.
Elastic Demand
Demand that changes
significantly when there
is a change in the price
of the product.
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How Customer Demand Affects
Pricing (cont.)
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Elasticity of Demand (cont.)
Inelastic Demand
Demand that does not change
significantly when there is a
change in the price of the product.
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Pricing and Competitive Advantage
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Pricing and a Firm’s Competitive Advantage
Customers will demand and pay more for
a product or service that they perceive as
important to their needs.
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Prestige Pricing
Setting a high price to convey an image of high
quality or uniqueness (competitive advantage).
Customers associate price with quality.
Markets with low levels of product knowledge
are candidates for prestige pricing.
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Applying a Pricing System
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Break-Even Analysis
A comparison of alternative cost and revenue
estimates in order to determine the acceptability
of each price.
Steps in the analysis
Examining revenue-cost relationships: the quantity at
which the product will generate enough revenue to
start earning a profit.
Break-even
units sold
=
total fixed costs and expenses
selling price – unit variable costs and expenses
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Applying a Pricing System
(cont’d)
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Examining Cost and Revenue
Relationships
Breakeven point
The sales volume at which total sales revenue
equals total costs (fixed and variable)—the point at
which profitability starts and losses cease.
Contribution margin
The difference between the unit selling price
and the unit variable costs and expenses.
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Applying a Pricing System
(cont’d)
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Incorporating Sales Forecasts
Adjusted Break-Even Analysis
Price has a variable impact and influence on
demand.
Adjusting for the indirect effect of price allows for
a more realistic profit area to be identified.
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16.3
Break-Even Graphs for Pricing
units
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16.4
A Break-Even Graph Adjusted for Estimated Demand
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Applying a Pricing System (cont’d)
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Markup Pricing
Cost plus pricing system that adds
a markup percentage to cover:
Operating expenses
Subsequent price reductions
Desired profit
Markup
100  Markup as a percentage of selling price
Selling Price
Markup
100  Markup as a percentage of cost
Cost
Retail adage: Markup on purchased cost, markdown on selling price
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Selecting a Pricing Strategy
Penetration
Pricing
Follow-theLeader Pricing
Skimming
Pricing
Pricing
Strategies
Variable
Pricing
Price
Lining
Dynamic
Pricing
What the Market
Will Bear:
Adaptive Pricing
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Selecting a Pricing Strategy (cont’d)
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Setting Prices: Controls and Situations
The Sherman Antitrust Act generally prohibits
competitors from conspiring to fix prices.
The effect of the introduction of new products
into an established product line.
Offering discounts to match the needs of
customers.
If the initial price appears to be off target, make
any necessary adjustments and keep on selling!
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Offering Credit
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Benefits of Credit to Borrowers
Provides working capital
Ability to satisfy immediate needs and pay
later
Better records of purchases on credit billing
Better service and greater convenience when
exchanging purchased items
Establishment of credit history
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Selling on Credit
Factors that Affect
Selling on Credit
Type of
business
Credit
policies of
competitors
Income level
of customers
Availability
of working
capital
Economic
conditions
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Types of Credit
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Consumer Credit
Financing granted by retailers to individuals who
purchase for personal or family use.
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Trade Credit
Financing provided by a supplier of inventory to a given
company which sets up an account payable for the
amount.
Terms of sale may be 2/10, net 30—two percent discount
on the invoiced amount if paid in full within 10 days of the
invoice date, otherwise the full invoice amount is due in 30
days.
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Types of Consumer Credit
Accounts
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Open Charge Account
Is a line of credit that allows the customer to
obtain a product at the time of purchase.
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Installment Account
Is a line of credit that requires a down
payment, with the balance paid over a
specified period of time.
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Types of Consumer Credit
Accounts (cont.)
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Revolving Charge Account
Is a line of credit on which the customer may
charge purchases at any time, up to a preestablished limit.
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Types of Credit Cards
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Bank Credit and Debit Cards
Are issued by banks that are widely accepted by
retailers who pay a fee to the banks for handling
their credit transactions.
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Travel and Entertainment Credit Cards
Were originally used to purchase services, now
widely accepted for merchandise.
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Retailer Credit Cards
Are issued by firms for specific use in their retail
outlets or for purchasing their products or services.
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Managing the Credit Process
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Evaluation of Credit Applicants
Can the buyer pay as promised?
Will the buyer pay?
If so, when will the buyer pay?
If not, can the buyer be forced to pay?
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Managing the Credit Process
(cont.)
The Traditional Five C’s of Credit
Character
Capacity
Capital
Collateral
Conditions
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Sources of Credit Information
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Individuals
Customer’s previous credit history
Credit information exchanges
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Businesses
Financial statements of the firm
Other sellers to the firm
Firm’s banker
Trade-credit agencies
Credit bureaus
Online credit data
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16.5
Hypothetical Aging Schedule for Accounts Receivable
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Managing the Credit Process
(cont’d)
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Billing and Collection Procedures
Timely notification is a most effective
collection method for keeping bills current.
Warning consumers that they may do damage
to their credit if they fail to pay.
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Bad Debt Ratio
A number obtained by dividing the amount of
bad debts by the total amount of credit sales.
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Credit Regulation
The Truth-in-Lending Act (1968)
 The Fair Credit Billing Act
 The Fair Credit Reporting Act
 The Equal Credit Opportunity Act
 The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
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Key Terms
freemium strategy
aging schedule
inelastic demand
average pricing
installment account
bad-debt ratio
markup pricing
break-even analysis
open charge account
break-even point
penetration pricing strategy
consumer credit
prestige pricing
contribution margin
price
credit
price lining strategy
credit bureaus
price skimming
credit card
product line pricing
debit card
revolving charge account
elastic demand
trade-credit agencies
elasticity of demand
value
follow-the-leader pricing strategy
variable pricing strategy
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